GIS Application Strategies for Effective Map Layout Design

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Remote Sensing and GIS Application Lecturer Third Year Ruba Yousif Hussain Map Layout Map Layout Layout is the arrangement of elements on a page. A map layout may include a map title, legend, north arrow, scale bar, descriptive text, and geographic data. Data frame A map element containing one or more data layers that defines a geographic extent, a coordinate system, and other display properties. Data view An all-purpose display in ArcMap for exploring, displaying, and querying geographic data. This view displays the contents within a data frame. Other elements that appear on the page layout, such as titles, north arrows, and scale bars, are not displayed when in data view. Layout View In ArcMap, a display that shows the virtual page upon which geographic data and map elements, such as titles, legends, and scale bars, are placed and arranged for printing. Map element In digital cartography, a distinctly identifiable graphic or object in the map or page layout. For example, a map element can be a title, scale bar, legend, or other map surround element. The map area itself can be considered a map element, or an object within the map can be referred to as a map element, such as a roads layer or a school symbol. 2

Remote Sensing and GIS Application Lecturer Third Year Ruba Yousif Hussain Legends A legend tells a map reader the meaning of the symbols used to represent features on the map. Grids and Graticules Grids and graticules are used to display coordinate positions on the earth. Graticules show lines of latitude and longitude for the earth, while grids show measured locations based on a coordinate system or can be used as a reference system for a grid index. Street map is a map of a city or town, showing the positions and names of all the streets. There are five parts of the map: 1. Title. the heading of a map. 2. Compass Rose. a part of a map that shows directions. 3. Key. a part of a map used to define symbols on the map. 4. Grid. the set of lines that show coordinates on a map. 5. Scale. the part of the map used to show how big it is in actual size. 3

Remote Sensing and GIS Application Lecturer Third Year Ruba Yousif Hussain Laboratory Map Layout Purpose Preparing Map Layout Application ArcGIS Tools Layout Toolbar Draw toolbar The Draw toolbar can be used to add graphic shapes such as rectangles, lines, and points. You can also add graphic text and edit text properties. Tutorial The first step in ArcMap is to change your map view to layout either by selecting Layout View from the View menu or by clicking the Layout View button on the lower left of the map display. 4

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Remote Sensing and GIS Application Lecturer Third Year Ruba Yousif Hussain When starting a new document you can use one of the templates included with ArcMap or create your own. 6

Remote Sensing and GIS Application Lecturer Third Year Ruba Yousif Hussain Insert Map Elements Working with map elements To work with individual elements, select the element or elements you want to work with and right-click to open the element context menu. 7

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Remote Sensing and GIS Application Lecturer Third Year Ruba Yousif Hussain Printing and Exporting Map layout Export a map from ArcGIS Make sure ArcMap is in layout view. 1. Click File > Export Map on the main menu. 2. Navigate to where you want to save the export file. 3. Click the Save as type arrow and click PDF. 4. Type a file name for the export file. 5. Click the Pages tab. 6. Choose All. 7. Click Save. 10

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